BIO

Meet Matthew

Matthew is an actor currently residing in Brooklyn, NY. He was diagnosed with a rare form of dwarfism at a young age, and with that, his plans of becoming an NBA player came to a sudden halt (but it's OK because he found his real calling).

His parents had the prescience that his talents belonged in the arts, and encouraged him every step of the way as he discovered, studied, and honed his work as a young actor.

In college, Matthew majored in acting and was one of the 16 Kennedy Center's Irene Ryan National Finalists for his work as Tom Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie.

After graduating college in 2013, Matthew moved to NYC and studied at the American Theater Wing with Tony Award winning director Diane Paulus. Shortly after, he became a member of The Bats at the The Flea theater where he received critical acclaim playing God in the NYT Critic's Pick, The Mysteries.

Matthew recently had a recurring co-star role on NBC's New Amsterdam, and continues every day to work on improving his craft.

Outside of the acting world, Matthew is a die-hard Baltimore Ravens fan (you can read more on this in his SPEAKER page). He is an avid cyclist, reader, and piano player, enjoys photography, is passionate about veganism, and does his best to be a devoted son, friend, and boyfriend.

His dream? Matthew looks up to Peter Dinklage (literally...Dinklage is 4" taller). Using his acting ability, Matthew wants to continue to challenge the image of a short statured actor and change the norms of roles played by short statured actors, or, anyone who might feel "different". He thanks you for visiting his website.

“We encounter right off God, played by Matthew Jeffers: he’s a fine actor -- making expressive use of his face and voice and his whole body like a dancer, helping us see the way he takes things in and how he comes to his decisions.

Beyond that, he represents an original and powerful casting decision since he’s a dwarf -- different from most everybody else but not in the way one expects, and raising interesting questions about the view that humans are made in God’s image. He’s there at the beginning and there at the end -- rarely in between, no surprise there: the play would be less powerful and less coherent without this uniquely envisioned God.” [Yvonne Korshak, Let’s Talk Off-Broadway]

“Among the more striking performances...Matthew Jeffers' God is both imperious and befuddled by his own creation” [David Barbour, Lighting and Sound America]

“For God, Iskandar cast Matthew Jeffers, a recent college graduate who calls himself a small-stature actor – he is 4’2” tall...He makes his first of many appearances in The Mysteries in “The Eighth Day (Creation Hymn)” by Jason Williamson, painfully facing Chaos when the angel Gabriel interrupts.” [Jonathan Mandell, New York Theater]